Robert Bolz, Arts Supporter, Dies

January 29, 2009

Longtime arts supporter and adviser Robert Mayer Bolz died January 19, 2009, at the age of 86. Bob, along with his brother Jack and mother Eugenie Mayer Bolz, provided the naming gift for the Bolz Center for Arts Administration in 1993, and provided on-going support in the years since then. A respected businessman and highly engaged and responsive philanthropist and community leader, Bob Bolz served on the board of many cultural organizations, including the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Board and Foundation, and the Madison Civic Music Association. He also served on the board of the Wisconsin School of Business, and was a significant supporter of the larger work of the school.

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